Priory Gateway And Walls Of Enclosure

LETHERINGHAM (Off) HOO ROAD TM 25 NE (South side) 5/83 Priory Gateway and walls of enclosure G.V. II

Priory gateway. Late C15 or C16 with walls of enclosure of various dates. Red English bond brick with black headers and pantile roof. Two storeys. South face: polygonal buttresses to the angles. Central double chamfered gate arch which has C19 brick infill in Flemish bond with a cambered-headed doorway. Above the gate arch is a window, blocked with C18 brick and above that a 3-light Perpendicular window with chamfered brick mullions and a 4- centered arched head. Gable above, which covers the tops of the polygonal buttresses. Recessed and at right is a range of C19 farm buildings not included in this item. The right hand side has a niche to the centre. Left hand side has offsets at the same level as those on the polygonal buttresses but is otherwise blank. The north face has polygonal buttresses at either side and a blocked gate arch at centre similar to that on the south front. Two blocked rectangular windows to the first floor at right and left.

Listing NGR: TM2678758599